E30: turn signal turns on brights

Sounds great Dave, send me an email
snukajc-at-eartlink-dot-net

dave wrote:
> other bmw....lucky *******...lol...sorry its so easy to be a smart ass
> when its someone else's car
> btw if u r interested, i just checked my parts stash and i have a dirty
> greasy combo turn signal thingy high low beam switch(believe it's off
> an 87-88 e30 325i)i could clean up 4 u...only ever seen it sitting in a
> box in garage so i can't garantee it...let me know if u r
> interested...how's $20 + shipping? let me know...cheers dave
>
> snuka wrote:
>
>> Thank for the advise but I was going to drive down in my other bmw!
>>
>>
>> dave wrote:
>>
>>> i'd drive down to local yard first before removing steering wheel
>>> switch and stalk...buy parts, then come home and rip it apart my $.02
>>>
>>> snuka wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> I will carefully remove my steering wheel, combo switch and maybe
>>>> stalk and then go down to the local yard and find similar
>>>> replacement parts.
>>>> wish me luck!
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Without actually experiencing your symptoms, I would guess the
>>>>> trouble is in
>>>>> the Combination Switch itself. The switch that operates the turn
>>>>> signals and
>>>>> high/low beam is called the Combo Switch, by the way.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no relationship in the turn signal circuit and the
>>>>> high/low beam
>>>>> circuit, except the mechanical parts of the combo switch. Now that the
>>>>> trouble is getting worse, this takes me even more strongly to the
>>>>> switch
>>>>> itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> The switch can be relatively easy to replace, but I haven't looked
>>>>> at how my
>>>>> BMW is assembled. I have replaced turn signal/combo switches in the
>>>>> past,
>>>>> and as a general rule they are pretty easy once the steering wheel
>>>>> is off of
>>>>> the car. There will be a wire loom that snakes down the inside of the
>>>>> steering column and has a connection in the vicinity of the brake
>>>>> pedal, and
>>>>> frankly snaking the old wire out and the new wire in can be the
>>>>> tirckiest
>>>>> part of the job.
>>>>>
>>>>> $800 seems to be a very steep price for this repair. I have no idea
>>>>> what the
>>>>> switch will cost, but I will take a stab that the repair time
>>>>> should be on
>>>>> the order of about 2 hours for a trained technician. If the shop
>>>>> rate was
>>>>> $75.00, then the labor would run $150 and the rest would be the
>>>>> cost of the
>>>>> switch.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "snuka" > wrote in message
>>>>> nk.net...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've searched the net and haven't found a solution to this problem
>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>> I own an 87 325iC. Starting about two years ago, with my
>>>>>> headlights on,
>>>>>> whenever I used the turn signal and completed a turn and it would
>>>>>> snap
>>>>>> back to the normal position, my high beams would come on. I
>>>>>> explained
>>>>>> the problem to a mechanic that told me it would cost about $800 to
>>>>>> fix.
>>>>>> I decided to just not use the signal lights at night. Now it's
>>>>>> gotten
>>>>>> worse. Whenever I turn on my headlight, my high beams come on and I
>>>>>> can't turn them off. If I jam a peice of folded paper behind the
>>>>>> turn
>>>>>> signal stick, it will move it up enough for the high beams to turn
>>>>>> off
>>>>>> but then I can't use the turn signal or the paper will fall out
>>>>>> and I'm
>>>>>> back to brights.
>>>>>> Has anybody else ever experienced this? Any idea what could be
>>>>>> causing
>>>>>> the problem? How hard would it be to fix this myself? Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>

hi, tried your email , bounces back. Even tried it with a "h" in
eartlink, still comes back...this time though it tells me your mailbox
is full...clean it out and i'll try again later today...cheers dave
or email me davde-at-internet-dot-look-dot-ca
snuka wrote:
> Sounds great Dave, send me an email
> snukajc-at-eartlink-dot-net
>
> dave wrote:
>
>> other bmw....lucky *******...lol...sorry its so easy to be a smart ass
>> when its someone else's car
>> btw if u r interested, i just checked my parts stash and i have a
>> dirty greasy combo turn signal thingy high low beam switch(believe
>> it's off an 87-88 e30 325i)i could clean up 4 u...only ever seen it
>> sitting in a box in garage so i can't garantee it...let me know if u r
>> interested...how's $20 + shipping? let me know...cheers dave
>>
>> snuka wrote:
>>
>>> Thank for the advise but I was going to drive down in my other bmw!
>>>
>>>
>>> dave wrote:
>>>
>>>> i'd drive down to local yard first before removing steering wheel
>>>> switch and stalk...buy parts, then come home and rip it apart my
>>>> $.02
>>>>
>>>> snuka wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> I will carefully remove my steering wheel, combo switch and maybe
>>>>> stalk and then go down to the local yard and find similar
>>>>> replacement parts.
>>>>> wish me luck!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Without actually experiencing your symptoms, I would guess the
>>>>>> trouble is in
>>>>>> the Combination Switch itself. The switch that operates the turn
>>>>>> signals and
>>>>>> high/low beam is called the Combo Switch, by the way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no relationship in the turn signal circuit and the
>>>>>> high/low beam
>>>>>> circuit, except the mechanical parts of the combo switch. Now that
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> trouble is getting worse, this takes me even more strongly to the
>>>>>> switch
>>>>>> itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The switch can be relatively easy to replace, but I haven't looked
>>>>>> at how my
>>>>>> BMW is assembled. I have replaced turn signal/combo switches in
>>>>>> the past,
>>>>>> and as a general rule they are pretty easy once the steering wheel
>>>>>> is off of
>>>>>> the car. There will be a wire loom that snakes down the inside of the
>>>>>> steering column and has a connection in the vicinity of the brake
>>>>>> pedal, and
>>>>>> frankly snaking the old wire out and the new wire in can be the
>>>>>> tirckiest
>>>>>> part of the job.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $800 seems to be a very steep price for this repair. I have no
>>>>>> idea what the
>>>>>> switch will cost, but I will take a stab that the repair time
>>>>>> should be on
>>>>>> the order of about 2 hours for a trained technician. If the shop
>>>>>> rate was
>>>>>> $75.00, then the labor would run $150 and the rest would be the
>>>>>> cost of the
>>>>>> switch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "snuka" > wrote in message
>>>>>> nk.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've searched the net and haven't found a solution to this
>>>>>>> problem yet.
>>>>>>> I own an 87 325iC. Starting about two years ago, with my
>>>>>>> headlights on,
>>>>>>> whenever I used the turn signal and completed a turn and it would
>>>>>>> snap
>>>>>>> back to the normal position, my high beams would come on. I
>>>>>>> explained
>>>>>>> the problem to a mechanic that told me it would cost about $800
>>>>>>> to fix.
>>>>>>> I decided to just not use the signal lights at night. Now it's
>>>>>>> gotten
>>>>>>> worse. Whenever I turn on my headlight, my high beams come on and I
>>>>>>> can't turn them off. If I jam a peice of folded paper behind the
>>>>>>> turn
>>>>>>> signal stick, it will move it up enough for the high beams to
>>>>>>> turn off
>>>>>>> but then I can't use the turn signal or the paper will fall out
>>>>>>> and I'm
>>>>>>> back to brights.
>>>>>>> Has anybody else ever experienced this? Any idea what could be
>>>>>>> causing
>>>>>>> the problem? How hard would it be to fix this myself? Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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